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PATBNTED JULY 4, 1871', G.. R. sTETsoN. Y BRTEBCH LOADING .PIR-HARM..

GEORGE It. STE'ISON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. ll6,642, dated July 4, 1871.

To uit whom it may concern:

Beitknown math-GEORGE R. SrnrsoN, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of. Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Breech-Loading FireLArm; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification. A

This invention relates to improvements in magazine or breech-loading guns; and it consists in a novel and simple arrangement ofa'locking-bar and a connecting-link with the breech-pin and actuating-lever for locking the breech-pin. and workin g it; also'in a novel ejecting apparatus for throwing out the cartridgeshell when the breechpin is moved back, said apparatus being set in motion by the breech-pin-in its backward movement. It also consists in the arrangement of a cover and spring, in connection with an aperture in the side ofthe stock, whereby said cover is caused to close after the irst cartridge has been put in by the said cartridge being forced againstv 'it by the magazine-spring, all as hereinafter der scribed.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the improved gun, showing the parts in the positions they occupy when the gun is loaded. Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation, showing the cartridge through the side opening for ejecting the shell in the position previous to being moved forward. Fig. 3 is a partial sectional. elevation, showing the position of some ofthe parts when the breech-pin has been thrust back. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line c, Fig. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section, showing the parts when the breech-pin is moved back. Fig. 6y is a hori-4 zontal section of part of the magazine on the line yyofFig..

Similar letters of reference indicate correspond' ing parts. j

The breech-pin A is connected to the opera-tf ing-lever B by' the slotted links or levers C pivoted to it at D, and connecting with the lever B by the cam-slots E and the pins F below the pivots l), while the upper ends of the said levers engage with notches in a longitudinally-slotted or grooved cylindrical lockihg-barrG, pivoted to the breech-pin at l'I, and fitted on the reduced part I of said breech-piu, so that the 'eud having said notches K, which receive the end of thele# vers, may rise above said part I for locking the pin against the shoulder L when in the position for firing. The said locking-pin is raised 4np in front of this shoulder by the levers -C being vibrated by the'lever D, which continues in motion' a short time after the forward movement of the .breech-pin is arrested by vcoming in contact with the end of the barrel, and itis thrown down again, before the backward movement of the, breech-pin begins, by the vibration of said levers C by lever Bat the beginning of its movement for throwing the breech-pin back for. a short time before the pins F and-the slotted at that position in which a pulling action is ap- 'pliedtovthe breechlpimafter which the latter is i forced back-to the position represented in dotted lines, when' the levers B and C assume the posih'tions indicated.V For ejecting the cartridge-shell .after it has been discharged, a hole, M, is made in the right side of the magaine, opposite the position itv occupies when raised up to the axial line of the barrel before being pushed forward in'- to it, and to which it is pulled back, afterring,

by the hook N, andthe ejecting-levers O andl? are arranged in a recess, Q, opposite'toths opening, for levers 0 to be forced againstthe said shell bythe lever P, which is suddenly thrown out by the breech-pin in its backward movement, which has a catch, R, which engages a catch, S',

on the hub of lever P at its pivot, by which the.

said lever P is suddenly ,thrown forward at the free end, which is connected-t0 levers O by a slot, U, through it, and a pivot,V, on the levers `0.- The catchS escapes from catch R after turnf ing a suitable distance,1eaving levers P and O free to be swung back again into the recess to make room for the next cartridge. They are forced back into said recess by the cartridgelcarf rier W comiir'gagainst the curved projection X extending downward from the lower 'edge of' levers O as the said carrier rises with the next car- The cartridges are to be supplied to the y tridge. magazine-tube Z through an opening, Y,.in the side oi' the stock above the. carrier W* when in its lowest' position, onel being 'pushed in after arrother until the tube is iilled. This opening is provided -with a sliding cover, A{,1noving forlevers C arrive.` v.

of the spring n'f; dosing-why mindspring,

which, pushing -sad'last cartdgefback overtlle carrier, causes said cartridgeto move the cover alongwith it.`;

The other parts and arrangements, thereof, being such -as heretofore used, need not be de scribed. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent" 1. The locking-pin G 'and connecting 'cam-slotted levers C, combined with the breech-pin A and operating-lever B, for actuating/and locking the as .shown and described, and actuated by the breech-pin through the medium of catches R S, substantially as specified;

3.l The arrangement of the cover A and spring B with the aperture Y, substantially as specified.

' Witnesses GEORGE R. STETSON. SAMUEL HEMINGWAY, r

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